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Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
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VT: - No RS complexes ... - Very broad complexes ... Fusion beats - a sinus ... produce a hybrid complex ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Premature atrial complex (PAC) - ECG Recognition
 • Prematurity and altered P wave morphology.
 • P
Premature atrial complex ... look like the sinus ... premature junctional complex ... premature #atrial #complexes ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Narrow Complex ... tachycardia Narrow Complex ... conduction Wide-Complex ... aberrancy Wide-Complex ... #Causes #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
bpm) - Narrow Complex ... WPW) - Narrow Complex ... Tachycardia - Wide Complex ... aberrancy - Wide Complex ... #causes
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
dissociation (P and QRS complexes ... beats (hybrid complex ... of normal sinus ... negative (QS) complexes ... Brugada algorithm
Various wide complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation algorithmic designs and algorithms.
The most commonly utilized approaches to differentiate
Various wide complex ... designs and algorithms ... VTach #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Algorithms
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Narrow Complex Tachycardias ... Irregular Narrow Complex ... Regular Narrow Complex ... Sinus tachycardia ... differential #diagnosis #causes
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
4 Variants of Sinus ... encompassing a QRS complex ... intervening QRS complex ... #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
interval on the electrocardiogram ... 'dropped' QRS complex ... the dropped QRS complex ... Clinical #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Mobitz1 #Mobitz #ECGEducator
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
interval on the electrocardiogram ... 'dropped' QRS complex ... the dropped QRS complex ... Clinical #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Mobitz1 #Mobitz #ECGEducator